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American Patriots
Rick Santorum
Tyndale
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this book, for beyond its title I knew very little about it. However, when I cracked it open and discovered that in the introduction Rick Santorum explains that the real only difference between the American Revolution (resulting in the USA) and the French Revolution (resulting in The Reign of Terror) was that one side used God as its foundation and the other did not, I was pretty much won over. I’m hugely passionate about the differences between the two Revolutions, so to hear someone else say it just made my day.

So what is American Patriots about? Basically, it’s simply a collection of short biographies about the men and women who were the backbone of the founding of our country during the Revolutionary War. I hadn’t heard of very many of them, so this book I found to be filled with fascinating facts about the "regular" people of Colonial America.

Against the Tide
Elizabeth Camden
Bethany house Publishers As a child, Lydia Pallas became all too familiar with uncertainty when it came
to the future. Now, she's finally carved out a perfect life for herself--a life
of stability and order with no changes, surprises, or chaos of any kind. She
adores her apartment overlooking the bustling Boston Harbor, and her skill with
languages has landed her a secure position as a translator for the U.S.
Navy.

However, it is her talent for translation that brings her into
contact with Alexander Banebridge, or "Bane," a man who equally attracts and
aggravates her. When Bane hires Lydia to translate a seemingly innocuous
collection of European documents, she hesitantly agrees, only to discover she is
in over her head.

Just as Bane's charm begins to win her over, Lydia
learns he is driven by a secret campaign against some of the most dangerous
criminals on the East Coast, compelled by his faith and his past. Bane forbids
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